WEBVTT - Eberflus details victory over the Patriots 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.360 And a plus incodiving everybody and Walcome into the Bears 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:04.960 Coaching Show with head coach Mattieberflus, Jeff Joni Yak here 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:07.080 until eight o'clock tonight here on news radio one oh 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:09.080 five nine w BB. I'm happy to do with you 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:11.920 talking Bears ball a short week ahead as the Bears 0:00:11.920 --> 0:00:14.440 moving to Dallas to meet the Cowboys. Get he being met. 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.079 How you're feeling, How you're feeling, buddy, We're doing good. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:18.960 Thank you very much on short rest verse of all, 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.720 congratulations and I know you're gonna you're gonna thank so 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:26.479 many people. But I gotta say this was such a 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:30.200 well prepared and confident football team. I noticed it during 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:32.000 the week in the locker room. I could see it 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:35.559 on guys faces, namely justin fields. And you went into 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:39.240 a difficult venue because the record for Bill Belichick since 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.640 two thousand at home including the playoffs was one fifty 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:45.879 and thirty five. That's his thirty sixth. But that's incredibly 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:48.680 difficult to win in that joint. It doesn't matter who's 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:51.080 playing when, So how good is it feel? Well? You know, 0:00:51.120 --> 0:00:53.559 Coach Belichick's obviously a great coach, and it is a 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:55.640 tough place to play. The fans that are really good 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:58.040 and they know when to do their thing and cheer 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.440 and make it hard for that for the offense for sure. 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.560 But I thought our guys did a nice job of 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:05.520 coming out last week during the mini buy and with 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:09.320 partnering with their coaches and the players and coming up 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:13.120 with ways we can improve, you know, individually technique fundamentals, 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.040 and then how we can improve and enhance our players 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:19.080 inside of our scheme and come up with a real 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:21.120 good plan. And then we worked the plan. You know, 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.080 we did it during the course of the week. We 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.240 lengthened individual period so the guys had more time to 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.440 work that plan, took it into the team periods, and 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:30.280 then we took it to the game. So it's really 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.919 about focus and attention to detail with the coaches setting 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.880 up that plan and then the players executing that plan. 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:39.119 So they did a night's job. Have you noticed a 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:42.440 difference in their attention to detail players from the beginning 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:44.720 when you first met with them to where they're at now. 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.760 Because you keep hammering this point home. You you answer 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:51.400 every question you know that is your answer. There's no 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.160 there's no grey area here. But do you have you 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:56.400 felt it and seen it yourself. Yeah, I think that's 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.160 more of a natural thing. I think the guys have 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:00.720 been focused. I think they have paid attention, and I 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:02.920 think it's more time on task. You know, when you 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:06.000 do something over and over and it's repetitioned concepts that 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.040 we do over and over again, it might look different, 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:09.400 it might change it up a little bit, but the 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.480 concepts are there and we can continue to coach it 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.480 over and over again and we make it better based 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.120 on what the skill set of that player is. I 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.200 think it's us just knowing the players a little bit better, 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.359 but the player has been been great all the way through. 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.840 It's interesting also because I've met many coaches, not just 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:29.080 in this building, but now there are some are concerned 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.519 about fresh messaging to keep the guys attentive. Is your 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:36.399 messaging doesn't need to be fresh? There is one message. Yeah, 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:39.280 I would just say it's simple. You know, winning football 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:43.120 is winning football. It really comes down to a few things. 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:44.760 You know, it comes down to a few things, and 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:46.639 all the old time coaches have said it all the 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.480 way through. You know, it's about blocking and tackling and 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.560 not making mistakes, and that's really what we're all about, 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.200 you know, we want to make sure that we're doing that, 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.440 but you have to see it on the practice field first. 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.120 You can talk about it, but it's just words until 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.280 they can, you know, put him into action on the 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.519 practice field. And we have to be mindful of that 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:05.800 his coaches to make sure we're watching the tape, you know, 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.400 with a critical eye, getting the feedback to the players 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:10.840 so they can improve. You are uniquely tethered to the 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:12.600 history of the game. You say it all the time. 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.320 I think you have a great deal of respect for 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:16.400 things that happen in the game. Hey, we don't do 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:19.960 that here that that's not respecting the game. So when 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:21.960 Bill Belichick and I know you're gonna keep it private, 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:24.240 but I know you alluded to it in the press conference, 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.440 and you know, when Bill Belichick embraces you and you 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.400 guys have a long chat and he's suggesting that you're 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:34.000 doing this the right way, it's affirmation a little bit 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.720 right because he's a legendary coach and no matter what 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.680 people have opinions about that, how he's gone about it 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.360 has been nothing but success. How does that make you 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.880 feel as a first time head? Well, as I said before, 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:47.080 coach Belichick has always done things the right way in 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:49.200 terms of winning football. You know, he understands how to 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.520 play complimentary football. His defensive units has always been stellar. 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:56.760 His offensive system has really looked at and really enhanced 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.680 the skill level of his players, and he's played to that. 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.320 And so when you get a compliment like that from 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.680 coach Belichick, who's a Hall of Famer, um, it's it's 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:08.080 it's pretty cool, you know. And uh and special teams 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.240 I mean and special teams units are how he's good too, Yeah, 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.960 no doubt. And he really all he really said was, hey, uh, 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.760 he was complimentary of us, of our style and the 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.159 way we're going about our business and what we're building 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.120 here with the Bears. So, um, it was it was. 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:23.440 It was a good moment. One brick at a time, right, 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:25.520 one brick at a time, paving that road. That's what 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.320 you got to do. All right, Let's talk about the 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:32.800 offensive game plan. Luke getsy quarterback draw quarterback power, Uh, 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:37.159 you know, countertrait with the two. I mean, I loved it. 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:39.240 Just it was you never knew it was coming next 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:41.640 from a broadcaster or a fan point of view. So 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:45.000 I can imagine how the defense fell for New England. Yeah, so, uh, 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:46.760 you know, Luke got with the staff, you know, with 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:48.720 Simo and the rest of the staff there and kind 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:51.159 of came up with some creative ways to use Justin. 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.200 You know, he's one of our better players on the field. Um, 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.320 he's one of our faster players on the field, So 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.680 how can we utilize him? You know, uh inside, you know, 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:03.880 run and inside and running outside and then creating his heat. 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:06.479 He's always going to create some scramble situations during the 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:08.360 course of the day. But I thought the guys did 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:09.920 a great job with that during the minute. But I've 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.479 come up with some creative ways to keep the ball 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.599 in the hands of our of our athlete and our quarterback. 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:17.719 It's always interesting to me to look back at some 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.279 of the quotes from the opposing players after a game 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.400 and with the with the trip back last night, had 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:24.200 a chance to read some of it. But one really 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.520 stuck out was Matthew Judano I have respect for as 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:30.440 a player. Uh, we had no answer for Justin And 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.960 that's the greatest compliment right there. No matter what you're devising, 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:36.400 they had no answer. They didn't they didn't they didn't 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:40.560 get it done from their perspective. Justin also exuded that 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:43.840 last night the poison the confidence. I mean, guys were 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:46.840 rushing at him when he was on the move and 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.480 he was still, He's looking and he was not threatened 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:53.080 by those potential hits and he didn't take many hits. Yeah, 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.400 not bad ones couple. I would say that, you know what, 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:57.719 you know, I think coach gets He said it before, 0:05:57.800 --> 0:05:59.880 and I think it's true. It's just really about experience. 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.040 You know, he has to have experience in that pocket 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:04.880 presence and that comes with the experience of in the games, 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.280 you know, because in practice obviously we can't you know, 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.000 he's not getting hit and we're not going to touch 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.080 him in practice. But he really gets that through game 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.760 experience and you can just see him getting better and 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.599 better every week. There's so much to break down. With 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:18.680 a big win like this, we're not going to have time. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:22.200 But the point also is there's still things to fix 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.400 on every single play, little nuances that ye're going to 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:27.560 dive into. I'm sure. Yeah, we went through all the 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:29.640 tape and I had the meeting with the coordinators this 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:31.680 morning what we need to improve on, So we got 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.919 to really implement those things through our study of the 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.440 tape with the players, and it's going to be shorter 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:39.040 this week, so we got to make some cut ups 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.839 for each guy so he can improve and they really 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.440 move forward to Dallas. There's a lot of talk about 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:47.839 the middle eight, certainly from Bill Belichick, I know, Green Bay, 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.000 I'm sure all coaches, but it's the final four minutes, 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.920 so the first half, first four minutes of the second half, 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.880 you guys own that was that the turning point? Yeah, 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:58.320 I thought it was. I thought we did a good 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:00.760 job in that middle eight. And you know, it's always 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.159 about you know, setting that up, you know, So it's 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.479 it's we talk about it a lot, we practice it, 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:08.640 and it's important that we're executing during those times and 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:11.360 thirteen points there to end the first half a touchdown 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.160 to two field goals and then come out strong to 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:17.160 finish the job. It's going twenty three unanswered in the 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.920 thirty three to fourteen went over the Patriots in New England. 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.040 Next up a trip to a big D to take 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:25.360 on the Dallas Cowboys. Montgomery now slides out to the 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:28.600 right side, number empty spread. They pick it. The Jones 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.800 keeper fields cuts inside, look it for the goal line 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.560 into the end zone for the touchdown. Talk to the 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.160 left side of the line. Bears are on the board. 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:42.360 What's six more? Three? Art keeper Justin Fields, Welcome back 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:45.320 to the Bears Coaching Show with Mattyberflus. The touchdown run 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.880 by Justin Fields his second touchdown. I think he now 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:51.400 has twenty five rushing first downs. That is third in 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:53.880 the league. Daniel Jones up at the Giants and then 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:58.080 Lamar Jackson and Justin in our postgame show, suggested that, Yeah, 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.160 he looked at some Baltimore tape some ideas. I know, 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:03.679 they gave trouble for the Patriots early in the season, 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.120 so hey, why not. There's only a handful of great 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.720 running quarterbacks in this league. But that's a lot of 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:12.320 first downs already for a Justin Fields. Yeah. I think 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.200 it goes back to the offensive staff, you know, and 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.280 then Justin buying into it. You know. I really think 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:18.400 they do a good job of looking at the scheme 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.480 and during the mini buy and really enhancing his skill 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:23.320 and you know, and what can he do well? I mean, 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.960 obviously he's very fast, he's very elusive, and he creates 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.640 another dimension for the defense to be able to handle. 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:34.680 You couldn't ask any better a third down eleven of eighteen, 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:38.040 eleven of eighteen, but sixty one percent ledging out to 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:41.360 the top I guess of the season. Time of possession 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:45.400 thirty seven minutes plus, So you only had twenty six 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.040 total conversions in the first six games to get eleven. 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.760 That laid right into your plans too, to just kind 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:52.800 of possess the ball as much as possible, and you 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:55.600 scored the ball. Yeah, yeah, So really we talked about, 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.400 you know, during this you know time of really focusing 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:02.440 on situationational football, how can we improve on third down? 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.360 And third down is an important down, you know obviously 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.400 when you're when you're moving the ball on first and 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:08.760 second down, but then when you get to those critical 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:12.040 third downs, in those drives, you have to convert. And 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:13.720 we did a nice job with that the other day, 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:15.320 and we did it by a couple of different ways, 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:19.000 by just simple execution, but also by an untimed type 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:20.960 of situation where he dropped back and he took off 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:22.600 on the third and sixteen. There's a lot of them 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.120 in there. There's probably three or four of them that 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:27.240 he converted with his legs just breaking the pocket down 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:29.920 and then taking off, and then also finding some guys open, 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.280 you know, down the field, which is great to see 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:34.960 because he's keeping his eyes down the field for that 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.559 pass option as well. What's the CounterPunch now, because now 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:40.559 that you have some design runs for him, that as 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.479 a new element of course, and a lot of confidence 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:48.480 with him doing that, and maybe they already have our 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:50.599 team is maybe going to go to a spy a 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.000 little bit and then what do you how does that 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.000 open things up for everybody else? Yeah, I mean, you 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.120 know the spy, you know that's more for passing. You know, 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.800 you have to really account for him in the running 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:02.240 game first, you know, normal downs on first and second down, 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.800 and then that other thing will happen on the passing 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:07.680 down second, longer, third, and longer where they're gonna try 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:09.960 to do that. But you're always gonna do that with 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:11.960 those guys. You know, either you're gonna either create some 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.720 type of rush that does that or you'll actually end 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:17.080 up get pulling a guy out of there and spying 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:19.320 them for him. But the guy has to be good 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:21.360 enough to do it too. All right, let's talk. Defense 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.559 continues to shine in the second half. We touchdown on 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.160 the postgame show with you shut them out on less 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:29.559 than a hundred yards overall, four takeaways. The three picks 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.400 are huge and in seven games, only thirty four points 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:35.440 allowed in the second half the season. What is the 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:38.160 secret sauce here? Yeah, I would we know. We've really 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:41.080 been focusing on our run defense. That's been a big 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:45.560 focal point. We've added additional walkthroughs for that. That's been important. 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.160 We've slowed those drills down to make sure the guys 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.120 understand exactly where they fit, so we'll fit the run 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.000 and then we'll make sure they're doing a good job. 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.360 We back it up, rewind it, you know, in a 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.960 walkthrough setting to make sure the guys know exactly where 0:10:57.960 --> 0:10:59.960 they are. And they guys have done a good job 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:02.440 with that. They've done a decent job with that. Again, 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.560 we're not where we need to be. Yesterday was a 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:08.040 decent day at three point seven per rush, which is nice, 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:10.680 but again we have to continue to build on that. 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.720 Special teams outstanding. You kept a dangerous returner and Marcus 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:18.200 Jones under apps seven total returns punt and kickoff. Not 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:20.440 a lot of damage done there. You had Dante Petties 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.880 that took advantage of a line drive punt just hit 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:27.120 the gas and go Sterling Weatherford rookie. People don't know 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.240 a thing about him. A couple of special teams tackles 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.840 and a hillacious hit got me out of my well. 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:33.400 I stand anyway when I do the game, but I 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:35.480 had me going crazy there at the end of the game. 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:39.280 Josh Blackwell trusted Abner, Jack Samborne, dhc All would tackles 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:42.599 Santos four or four field goals eleven for eleven for 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.520 the season, could you ask? I mean, wow, Other than 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.840 taking the ball away on special teams, it's pretty much 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:49.400 a home run day. Yeah, and we've done that in 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:51.360 the past. Yeah, taking the ball away, So you know 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:53.800 ht you know, Carlos Polk have done a nice job 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:55.920 with those guys. It's a young crew. You know. We 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.000 have a lot of guys that are young. I think 0:11:58.240 --> 0:11:59.920 in some of those kicking teams we have eight rook 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.360 he's on the field at one time. Um, and they've 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:05.520 just bought into how we're doing things, you know, really 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:09.120 the hits principle, the hustle, the intensity of those guys 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:11.880 and the way they execute um. You know, and they're 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:14.400 being smart too. Not a lot of penalties on special teams, 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:16.160 you know, we've had a chance to take the ball 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.120 away to on our cover teams a couple of times, 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:21.680 so they've bought in all the way and we're continuing 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:23.360 to work on those guys because they are young. They 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:26.480 need a lot of fundamental and technique work, um you know, 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:28.720 on all phases, and those guys are doing a good 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:32.200 job with that. Essentially though, you're grooming these guys. Yeah, 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:35.320 that's the proving ground. Yeah, it is, it is, and 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.200 it takes it takes you know, speed and athleticism. You know. 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:40.560 It's this where you know where you know, Poles and 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.800 his staff come into play, bringing those guys in that 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:45.680 have that speed and athleticism to do the cover teams 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:47.880 and also have the anchor to be able to protect 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:51.680 on those protection teams. So um my, hats off to 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.400 them as well. But it's it's a work in progress 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.080 and they're getting better every week and we're excited where 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.079 they're going. Guy, can't forget Trenton Gill has had a 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:01.360 really good year as well, top ten at times. I 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:03.800 think he's top twelve right now in net and gross 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:06.719 punting's he's put some great balls out there for you. No, 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:08.800 he has, he has and he's been he's been solid. 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:10.120 He does a lot of other things for us. You know, 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.320 he's the holder, and yeah, he's done a great job 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.760 with that putting the ball down there for Cairo. So 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:16.719 it's been really nice. If he spread this time, I 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:18.920 back a pair of receivers left, spread out, three to 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:22.160 the right. Patriots show blitz. They got a picket fence 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:25.320 behind him. Quick throw screen Herbert to catch twenty. There 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:30.240 he goes dead. Nobody's gonna touch him. Hands up, touchdown, touchdown, 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.640 Bears and Fields was whaxed by a couple of the 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:38.600 Patriots on a beautiful executed pass Fields. The Herbert and 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:41.040 the Bears are back in front. Welcome back to the 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.040 Bears Coaches Show with Matt Eberflus. Great seats available to 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.439 see here. Chicago Bears this season at Soldier Field. Get 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.680 your tickets at Chicago Bears dot com slash tickets. Khalil 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:53.280 Herbert's first career receiving touchdown. It was a beauty. We 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:55.480 tucked him after the game. He was laughing because there 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:59.440 was a similar play that didn't connect. Same play, but 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.360 little butt some great EQUIMENTI of Saint Brown, a Black 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:05.160 Braxton Jones and just north and south like he is 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:08.480 apt to do, and didn't even get touched. But if 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:11.600 Justin doesn't drop his arm angle, you know, that pass 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:13.640 could get bad or whatever. So that was also some 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.120 heady worked there by Justin right on that plane. Yeah, 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:19.240 so you know, Justin took the snap and they went 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:22.000 to thirty immediately and the window wasn't there, you know, 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.080 so he had to double clutch it, changed the arm 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.560 angle and then throw it, you know, into the second window. 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.160 And that was an amazing play by him because it 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:32.400 took toughness to be so took a pop. He took 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:34.760 a pop when he did to hesitate because he had 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:37.720 to hesitate because the window wasn't there, just his arm 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:39.960 angle through it. And then obviously the blocking on the 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:43.320 perimeter was excellent. The offensive line, the receivers all the 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.440 way down blocked it, you know, and then Herbert just 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:47.880 took it north and south, got his pads down and 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:50.640 did a nice job. All right. So three two hundred 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.440 plus yard games now this season, two forty three yesterday 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:58.080 and forty five rushes five point four simply outstanding. I 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:01.360 went through the league. At this point. Right now, there 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:05.360 are sixteen ball carriers averaging north of five yards of 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:09.440 carry six or at six point zero including Khalil Herbert. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:13.800 There is a I believe an uptick of rushing in 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.000 this league. We're the number one rushing team in the league. 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.160 Your Chicago Bears are the number one rushing team in 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:22.280 the league right now, fifth in average. Most ever buy 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.560 a Bears team is five point two. You're at that 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:28.120 right now. There's a lot of great things going on. 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.320 What's with the running game in the league, and specifically 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.960 this is something that you guys feel you do better 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.680 than anything right now. Yeah, I think when you have 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.240 one two punch at running back, that's the number one 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:41.120 thing you have. An offensive line coach in an offensive 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:44.440 system that's committed to the running game, has a variation 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:48.320 of runs inside outside poles, zone, outside zone, all those 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:52.280 things that we do. It creates a situation for you know, 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.040 a lot of defenses, you know, so you have to 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.360 you have to cover a lot of things, not just people, 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:58.640 but scheme. And then you add the element of the 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.920 quarterback in there where he can take off and creates 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.680 those runs and the untimed downs. And then also you 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:07.040 know on the now we have the quarterback type of 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:08.840 runs that we put in there, and how much we 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:10.640 use those, I don't know. You know, we'll use We'll 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.280 use some of them with Sprinkleman there. Again, it's all 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.320 based on who we're playing and what we're gonna do 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:17.480 and how we're gonna do things for that particularly week 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:20.120 to win the game. But when you have that that 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:25.000 commitment by the offensive staff and us as Bears in general, 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.440 that that's something that's important to us and the three 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.400 guys that can do it, the two runners and the quarterback. Um, 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.240 that's special for those guys. To mention your fly sweeps 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:37.360 that you throw in there with Valis Eclamania Saint Brown, 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.520 I mean you could do and and uh, you know, 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.880 I love Karrie blasting game. He gets minimal snaps, but 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:46.840 you had him doing a wham blocks off that that 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.320 was explosive to me. But he hasn't touched the bar 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.160 yet too, and I'm sure it's in there somewhere. Yeah, 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.160 I mean, you know, to be to be good at 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.760 running the football, it is the offensive line, no doubt, 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:58.800 is the runners, But like you said, it's the guys 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:02.880 on the perimeter. It's Curry, it's the receiver. Q Eq's 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:06.280 really mooney, it's it's all those guys. It's pet Us. 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:10.320 All those guys are the tight ends. Um, you know, Cole, everybody, 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.200 westco all those guys, Griff, they're all doing a great 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:16.879 job of sustaining. But second effort down the field is 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.720 what creates those bigger type runs and that's what we're 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:22.040 guys are executing one. All right, now, it's time to 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:23.920 look ahead. Brought to you by Bette Rivers, the official 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:25.920 sports book partner with the Bears. Next up the five 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:28.960 and two Cowboys. They've won five of six. They beat 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.400 the Lions on Sunday. Their defense is is very good, 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:35.040 the number two scoring defense in the league, and they 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.680 lead the league in sex take it from there. Yeah, 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:39.320 so they have a lot of good players, you know, 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:41.439 on defense, and they got a good scheme. You know, 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:44.080 they got they got two defensive ends, Michael Parsons. You know, 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:46.520 they got the big number ninety there who we had 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:50.440 when I was in Dallas. Um. Their linebackers are solid, 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.639 really good in the back end, you know. So they 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:56.400 create some problems and it really starts up front for them. 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:59.080 They've they've really done a good job really limiting the 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:03.440 explosive play's limiting the scoring opportunities for offenses, and then 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.439 the offense with a two pronged rushing attack and a 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:08.359 very good receiver out of the backfield as well, and 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:12.480 Pollard Ezekiel and Dak Prescott's back Ceedee Lamb tight ends. 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:14.239 They got they got a lot to throw, they really do, 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:16.560 and they really do a good job protecting the quarterback. 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:18.640